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Continents in collision / by Russell Miller and the editors of Time-Life Books.

Title
  1. Continents in collision / by Russell Miller and the editors of Time-Life Books.
Published by
  1. Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1983.
Author
  1. Miller, Russell.

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Additional authors
  1. Time-Life Books
Description
  1. 176 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
  1. Presents evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Explains plate tectonics and discusses what is known of the earth's crust and upper mantle.
Series statement
  1. Planet earth
Uniform title
  1. Planet earth.
Subject
  1. Plate tectonics
  2. Earth (Planet) > Internal structure
  3. Earth (Planet) > Internal structure
Contents
  1. A mysterious and mobile Earth -- The "impossible hypothesis" -- Answers from the abyss -- The rise of a new order -- The slow dance of the continents -- Essays: Making sense of mountains ; Africa's improbable valley ; The continuing creation of Iceland ; Probing the deep in a pygmy sub ; Explaining a dynamic Earth ; The once and future Earth.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 170-171.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain